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Tuesday Bullets
Published 5/6/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, on his L.A. Times blog, remembers Jerry Sloan, the player: "Jerry was emblematic of the term 'hard nosed' when he was a player for the Chicago Bulls. I can remember several games he played against my former teammate Oscar Robertson that were serious physical battles with no prisoners taken." ...

Conf. Semis: Thinking of D'Antoni, J.R., Stockton and Rashard
Published 5/9/2008 by M. Haubs (noreply@blogger.com) at The Painted Area
... Kareem recently alluded to this series in his blog, and here's how it went: Utah stole Game 2 at The Forum and then took a 2-1 lead at the Salt Palace, before the Lakers dug down for a road win in Game 4 and then took the tense, decisive Game 5 - which had multiple lead changes down the stretch - back in L.A. Utah won in a blowout in Game 6, and then L.A. used its homecourt advantage to finally outlast the Jazz in Game 7, and continue on its march to a repeat title. ...